Papers, Lectures, and Presentations



Just Listening: Music and The Beginner’s Mind
Contemplative Practices for 21st Century Higher Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
March 9, 2018

Zen and the Art of Musical Analysis
Contemplative Practices for the 21st Century University
Virginia Tech University
March 11, 2016
interactive session using SEA analysis

Musical Phenomenology
Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education's 4th Annual Conference
Amherst College
September 22, 2012
poster session on SEA analysis

Opposites Become Equals: Contemplation, Improvisation, and Composing
delivered at Longy School of Music, fall 2011
addresses role of contemplative practice in composition
explores use of improvisation generally, and specifically in my piece Opposites Become Equals

Music and Space
delivered at Longy School of Music, winter 2011
explores Sound-Energy Aggregate concepts and the creation of meaning through use of space

Outside the Comfort Zone
delivered at UNC-Greensboro Festival of New Music, 10/29/08
delivered at U-Mass Dartmouth, 4/20/10

Providing Context: Music and SEA
delivered at Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the U.S. national conference, 3/1/01
published in SEAMUS Journal, Spring 2002

The Sound-Energy Aggregate: Analyzing Music Since 1945
delivered at Society of Composers, Inc., Region V Conference, 2/10/01

J.S. Bach: Always Clear, Never Obvious
pre-concert lecture for Apollo's Fire, 12/8-9/00